KYIV, April 10 – Ukraine’s consumer prices rose by 0.8% on the months in March after falling by 0.3% in February, the State Statistics Service reported Monday.

At the same time, in March last year, price growth was even higher - 0.9%, therefore, in annual terms inflation in March 2020 slowed to 2.3% from 2.4% in February, 3.2% in January, and 4.1% over 2019.

According to the State Statistics Service, underlying inflation in March this year jumped even stronger - up to 1.3% after remaining at a negative level for three consecutive months. Last March, underlying inflation was lower, at 1.2%, as a result, in annual terms, it increased from 3% to 3.1%.